What’s life like as a family of 14?

Daily Life for Dundee Family of 14 The Hanns Part 3 of My Interview with 16KidsandCounting Star and Mother of My Life My Big Family Wedding Narrator Catch Emma on BBC breakfast at 8:40am Tuesday February 26th 2013 Emma Hann tells me, “We have routines but nothing is very strict in our home and we tend … Read more

Interview with the Hanns Part 2

16KidsandCounting Star Emma Hann’s Interview Part 2 Mother To Annabelle Hann, star of My Life My Big Family Wedding on CBBC Tuesday 26th February 2013 5:45pm The Hann Family believe that a work ethic is very important, and their older girls have picked up part-time work, through their studies, to get them the “fashionable extras” … Read more

Motivating the Kids

This week I am thinking about how to Motivate the Children. My oldest has his GCSEs this year and all we hear is how his friends don’t have to revise lol. We tend to motivate with rewards. Whether that is with stickers We like to give them praise (yay well done you got it to … Read more

My Life My Big Family Wedding – Meet the Hanns

Emma and Roy Hann Dundee Couple with 12 children, Over 22 Years of Marriage I spoke Exclusively to Emma Hann before their upcoming media appearances. The Hanns (Emma and Roy, both aged 43), from Dundee, have been married for 22 years. They have 12 children: Rachel (21), Sophia (20), Polly (18), Charlotte (17), Alice (14), Annabelle … Read more

Elephant Craft from a TRH

World Book Day March 7th 2013 So there was nothing for it but to make an elephant. In the book the Elephant isn’t the normal grey colour. We could have done a multicoloured one but I wanted to keep it simple. The materials are simply a toilet roll holder (TRH), some paint, paper, googly eyes, glue/sellotape, … Read more

Are we really that fixated about Money?

You really can’t escape the story about Heather Frost, unemployed Mum of 11, having a 6 bed Eco “Mansion” being purpose-built for her.  She says that she’s been misquoted when she spoke to the Newspapers, who claimed to want to run a story on “large families”. Since then it seems that the Media want every … Read more

Boys

Boys – I think I may know a thing or two about them.And when I saw that it was the theme for the Gallery I thought what a wonderful opportunity to share mine with you. They are so loving, and gentle They are funny, creative, adventurous, kind, sharing, They are growing up so fast. Things … Read more

Toilet Roll Holder Craft Angel

Toilet Roll Holder Angels Simple Craft for Young Children  We made a face by drawing around the toilet roll holder and cut out the circle. Then we drew the eyes, nose and mouth on. Then we attached the face to the TRH with glue. We made some wings by folding the paper backwards and forwards … Read more

Daffodil

I love this mainly because I’m rubbish at growing anything.